[PW] Re: "Judy" as heel of bread

[Douglas Eric Anderson]

Negative evidence only so far, I'm afraid.  No listings of any word with a
similar meaning under any spelling starting with jud-, jut-, joo-, jou-,
jew-, or gew- in any of the following:

* OED (2nd ed.)
* Dictionary of American Regional English
* Dictionary of Americanisms (Bartlett)
* A Dictionary of Americanisms (Mathews)
* http://www.worldwidewords.org/

Having an overactive etymological imagination, I could probably invent a
dozen spurious but vaguely plausible etymologies, but somehow I suspect
that this is not what your patron would prefer.  :-)


On Thu, May 11, 2006 4:32 pm, Jeanne Schramm wrote:
> Would you be able to give me any help in determining what the
> derivation/etymology is of the term "the judy" as applied to the butt end
> or last piece of bread?


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